Donna Champion is an accomplished academic, researcher, and expert in the field of co-operative systems. With a PhD in Information Systems Design, she has made significant contributions to the development of critical infrastructures for food, water, energy, and transport on a planetary scale. Champion's research has also focused on smaller social innovation projects, including aiding those who are homeless or in need of women's refuges. Donna has collaborated with multiple partners, ranging from one-person micro-projects to Original Equipment Manufacturers operating on a global scale.

Donna Champion has served as an Associate Professor in Technology and Society (Reader) at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. Previously, she was an Academic at Nottingham Business School, a Reader of Information Systems at Cranfield University, Director of MBA Programmes at Loughborough University and Reader in Information Systems at Loughborough University.

The educational background of Donna Champion includes a BSc in Archaeological Conservation from Institute of Archaeology, University of London, MSc in Crystallography, Materials Science; Structure of Materials, X-Ray Diffraction, Electron Microscopy from Birkbeck, University of London, and a PhD in Information Systems Design from De Montfort University.